" nobody could touch puff back when puff had it" not that much of a diss, but he did recognize that even though puff is still doing shit he doesnt have it anymore"

and this shit is probably just me... but this whole song feels like Jay being the teacher making all the kids clap for the retarded student in the class for tying his shoes for the first time. (clap for em)

I mean, why do we need to clap for rappers who we've already given respect to? Em? Wu tang? Nas?

or maybe i'm crazy who knows

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50 line aint a diss imo. 50 went on to sell millions and Jay just sayin he thought he had finished his career at summerjam.

Puff thing I can kinda see, but I dont think Jay meant it that way and I think Puff would agree he was a lot hotter back then than he is now.

I dont agree with the track bein an overall diss either. Jay just givin props in my book and then introducin us to J. Cole.

not feeling this as much as i was when it first came out. it's still better than most other rapper's albums, but lyrically it's probably one of his worst albums. he says some real corny shit and his flow is off/lacking on some of it.

first half is dope, second half consists of half garbage/half decent songs.
it's still better than kingdom come but no where near as good as american gangster.

looking back in retrospect we got a fucking gem with AG - that album is near classic to be honest. one of, if not the best display of wordplay/double entendres over the course of an album ever.

For people complaining that this album is subpar lyrically... how is this different from most of Jay's albums?

I've given in long ago and accepted the fact that I'm not going to hear anything mind bending from Jay-z. As usual, jay's above average AT BEST when it comes to lyrics nothing spectacular. so... why are people just seeing this now? its been the same shit for 13 years.

and for the record, I also agree that this shouldn't be called a blueprint album.

I cant stand listening to the first 2 blueprints except for a few songs on them like Renegade, Takeover, Meet the Parents, Blueprint 2 ... maybe a couple others...

not make good music. he does'nt even try to do that.
i would listen to his stuff because it shows you what people want to hear. He is clever and works that out. But to actually play his albums to hear music.... come on..... song after song him bragging with clever lines. dude its like getting slapped in the face over and over again - him mocking the listener, ie YOU.

Some people are gluttons for punishment. go on take another 10 dollars from me. go on hit me again. tell me how you are the best. tell me about how much stuff you have. then tell me how you dont really care about rapping. mock me. come on. Please

For people complaining that this album is subpar lyrically... how is this different from most of Jay's albums?

I've given in long ago and accepted the fact that I'm not going to hear anything mind bending from Jay-z. As usual, jay's above average AT BEST when it comes to lyrics nothing spectacular. so... why are people just seeing this now? its been the same shit for 13 years.

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What? Jay-Z is lyrically amazing.. he has a couple of hiccups like KC and this one but apart from that every album is lyrically incredible.....

For people complaining that this album is subpar lyrically... how is this different from most of Jay's albums?

I've given in long ago and accepted the fact that I'm not going to hear anything mind bending from Jay-z. As usual, jay's above average AT BEST when it comes to lyrics nothing spectacular. so... why are people just seeing this now? its been the same shit for 13 years.

and for the record, I also agree that this shouldn't be called a blueprint album.

I cant stand listening to the first 2 blueprints except for a few songs on them like Renegade, Takeover, Meet the Parents, Blueprint 2 ... maybe a couple others...

Tell me how to like a Jay-Z album. PLEASE. What's his grimiest and most coherent? People seem to rate AG highly... should I cop??

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lol serious?? how can you NOT feel RD, Vol. 1, BP, TBA, AG, etc? or you just haven't listened to 'em?

his best album is RD. listen from beginning to end, don't skip any of the tracks and most importantly really listen to the lyrics cos you will most likely miss alot of the shit he says... if you want a more up to date or relevant album do the same thing with AG instead and when you're listening keep in mind the concept of the album (inspired by the film) and the context he's trying to set for the concept (1970's) and make note of the references to this time period and also the samples used from this period. if you do this i don't see how you can't appreciate it.